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APPLICATION FILED JUNE I3. 1916.

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Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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JANE G. STOKES, OF NEW YORK, Y1, ASSIGNOR TO JANE GRAY COMPANY, A COIARTNERSHIP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed June 13, 1916.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, JANE G. STOKES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Doll, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dolls of that type including a soft fabric case with a filling of soft material.

The invention has for its general objects to improve the construction and design of dolls of this character so as to be highly attractive in appearance, permanently soft and capable of maintaining its form and fullness indefinitely.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of a doll made of a knitted fabric case napped on its inner surface and plain on its outer surface so that on the latter may be painted, stenciled, stamped or printed the facial features of the doll and the representation of garments and the like, and within the case is a filling of a soft material, such as kapok, which, together with the soft case, makes the body of the doll soft and fluffy, so that the article is an excellent slumber doll.

With such objects in view, I and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a front view of a doll; Fig. 2 is a side View; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. l; and Fig. f is a sectional view of the fabric of which the cas or body of the doll is made.

The use of knitted fabric is advantageous because it forms a soft surface so that the doll can be comfortably used as a pillow, and the fabric is pliable and yielding and it readily takes pigment so that a minimumamount of paint is required to decorate the Specification of Letters Patent.

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Serial No. 103,436.

doll. By reason of the inner surface of the case being napped, the fibers interlock with the kapok fibers and prevent the case from becoming loose from the kapok or wrinkling.

In the accompanying drawing the doll represents in fantastical form a clothed rabbit or bunny, but it may represent any other animal or a baby.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the case which contains a filling B. The case is made of front and rear sections 1 and 2 stitched around their edges so as to form a bag-like case into which the filling B is stuffed. The fabric of which the case is made is a sort of eiderdown having a plain, knitted surface 3, as shown in Fig. 4:, and a napped surface at. The smooth surface 3 of the fabric forms the outside of the case so as to better receive the decorations which may be painted, stamped, stenciled or printed thereon. The section 1 is decorated, while the section 2 may be left blank. The kapok is especially adapted for dolls of this character, as it is light and fluffy and does not mat, and consequently the doll case will be permanently filled out and its form maintained. The kapok is not ruined by water when the case is washed without the filling being removed. The doll is of such softness that it is especially adapted for use as a slumber doll which is taken to bed with small children without danger of the doll causing any injury.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A doll of the class described comprising a case made of knitted fabric with an unnapped outer surface and a napped inner surface, and a filling of fibrous material, the outer surface being decorated to represent features and clothing.

2. A doll of the class described comprising a case made of knitted fabric with an unnapped outer surface and a napped inner surface, and a filling of kapok in direct contact with the napped inner surface of the case.

JANE G. STOKES.

fiopies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

